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Welcome to the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania
US study finds attending church can help teen's school grades
American teenagers who attend religious services achieve higher than average results at school, feel more attached to their school as a community, and are significantly more likely to graduate than those who never go to church, a University of Iowa study has suggested.
Researchers found church attendance had a greater impact on class grade averages and graduation rates, than whether a student's parents had four year university degrees. Read on.
UCA consults with the Leader of the Federal Opposition, the Hon Dr Brendon Nelson
Continuing the UCA’s dialogue with leaders in the National Parliament the UCA President, Rev Gregor Henderson and General Secretary, Rev Terence Corkin met on August 26 with Liberal Party leader, Dr Brendon Nelson, and his Chief of Staff, Peter Hendy, at Parliament House.
The conversation covered topics including: ongoing concern for the conflict in Palestine and Israel; the debate regarding a possible consultation on an Australian Charter of Rights, the Government’s seasonal guest worker’s scheme and climate change.
Read the full story on the Uniting Church Media Room.
Wesley Uniting Church celebrates 150th anniversary
The Wesley Church has had a continuous presence in Melbourne since 1835.
The first church service conducted at Lonsdale street took place in August 1858, and this year, the 150th anniversary of the church building will be celebrated.
A special service to commemorate the150th anniversary will take place on Sunday, 31 August 2008. It will take place at 2pm at the Wesley Uniting Church, 148 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
For further information, please contact Joanne on: 03 9663 2935
$16.6 investment in aged care for Noble Park
Uniting Aged Care Victoria & Tasmania (UACVT) has announced it will invest $16.6 million in a redevelopment of its Trewint aged care facility located in Noble Park, expected to commence early in 2009.
The redevelopment will incorporate low and high care residential beds and community care and will be built with a focus on delivering integrated services and options for a range of services for older people.
Read the full story on the Uniting Church Media Room.
Mission Development Forum, 10 September 2008 :
Synod of Victoria and Tasmania to reflect upon renewing its covenant with UAICC
With a renewed openness to Reconciliation in Australia post-Apology, and preparations underway for a new preamble to the UCA constitution, it is timely that the Uniting Church in Australia take stock, and reflect on renewing its covenant with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress.
The Renewal of the Covenant has been on the agenda of the National Assembly, and this next Mission Development Forum is a rich opportunity for us to consider how we can actively respond in the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
We will enjoy both the hospitality and the wisdom of UAICC leaders at Narana, as we gather a vision and a commitment at this critical time in the life of our church.
The Mission Development Forum will take place between 9.30am and 4pm at Narana Creations, 410 Torquay Road, Grovedale.
Please refer to the Commission for Mission webpage for registration details.
Uniting Church and Telstra launch first internet telecast worship service
In what was a first for a major Australian church, a virtual worship service linked a major city church with a small rural church.
Using Telstra’s Next G service, Beeac Uniting Church participated in its first virtual worship service with Glen Waverley Uniting Church last Sunday 24 August.
Director of Communications at the Uniting Church, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, the Rev. Kim Cain said “we are adopting a modern communications approach to worship by using an internet telecast to broadcast worship services from a city church to a smaller, rural church.”
Read the full story on the Uniting Church Media Room.
Moreland Hall remembers those affected by overdose
UnitingCare Moreland Hall (Moreland Hall), one of Victoria’s leading alcohol and other drug (AOD) agencies, is taking part in this year’s Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st, to acknowledge the huge impact that drug overdoses can have on those affected by them.
Overdose Awareness Day, which has been running since 2001, is a nationwide event aiming to raise awareness of the effects of drug and alcohol overdose on the lives of people in the community.
In Victoria over the last twelve months there have been at least 81 deaths related to heroin overdose, and more to other drugs; in 2007 the number of non-fatal overdose attendances doubled from the year before. It is estimated that there have been at least 10,000 deaths in Australia over the last twenty years from overdoses
